Search for dissertations about: "severity of dementia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words severity of dementia.

2. 1. Remembering in Alzheimer's disease : utilization of cognitive support

   Author : Agneta Herlitz; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer s disease; Dementia; Memory; Episodic memory; Semantic memory; Severity of dementia; Alzheimers sjukdom; demens; minne;

   Abstract : The aim of the present doctoral thesis was to investigate the ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) to utilize cognitive support in order to improve episodic remembering. A review of previous research indicated that most studies have failed to find beneficial effects of encoding support on memory in AD patients. READ MORE

4. 2. The impact of criminal and externalizing behaviors on aging : Long-term associations with health and dementia

   Author : Carmen Solares Canal; Henrik Larsson; Jonas Persson; Henrik Andershed; Björn Hofvander; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Older adults; aging; criminal behavior; externalizing behaviors; violent crime; dementia; Alzheimer s diseases; mental health; physical health; epidemiology;

   Abstract : Previous studies have shown that criminal and other externalizing behaviors are associated with several adverse outcomes, but very little is known about the impact of these behaviors beyond middle adulthood. Few studies have explored how a life-course background of criminal and externalizing behaviors influence aging and more specifically, whether it is associated with the onset and development of different neurodegenerative, mental, and physical health disorders when aging. READ MORE

5. 3. Piecing together a fragmented world : Structures to promote the understanding of people with advanced dementia

   Author : Catharina Melander; Malin Olsson; Stefan Sävenstedt; Britt-Marie Wälivaara; Astrid Norberg; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dementia; nursing home; electrodermal activity; capability approach; clinical reasoning; assessment; behaviour; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : Understanding people with dementia whose verbal ability has been impaired is a complex and challenging task, even for professional nursing staff. The aim of this PhD thesis was to explore structures that may promote the understanding of people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes. READ MORE

6. 4. Late Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Stroke in the Elderly

   Author : Thomas Lindén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Epidemiology; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Rehabilitation; Dementia; Perceptual Disorders; Depression; Depressive Disorders; Activities of Daily Living; Health Care Costs; Stroke;

   Abstract : Cognitive impairments and depression have considerable impacts on rehabilitation, quality of life and mortality after stroke. The understanding of cognitive and mood impairments in old and, in particular, very old stroke patients is not sufficient. READ MORE

7. 5. Delirium in the elderly. The construction of a rating scale and aspects on risk factors and treatment

   Author : Barbro Robertsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; delirium; confusional state; elderly; dementia; regional brain syndrome; HPA axis; cortisol; remoxipride; rating scale;

   Abstract : The rates of delirium were studied in patients with four different dementia disorders and also in patients with different regional brain syndromes. The function of the stress-regulating system was compared between demented patients with delirium and those without. READ MORE